Overlapping Functions: Volunteering and Other Forms of Civic Participation in the COVID-19 Disaster (Preprint)

Kang Li Wong

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Abstract: Functional motivations are closely linked to important volunteer outcomes, yet more socio-political forms of civic participation (CP) besides volunteering are growing. There is little attention on the applicability of functional motivations to such CP, including in disasters. Using a critical realist grounded theory methodology, 39 in-depth interviews were conducted with Singapore residents who had engaged in a diverse range of CP before and during COVID-19. A key mechanism, Individual Identity Integration, was found to relate to functional motivations. Overlapping functions were found, but there are differences in how these functions were fulfilled depending on the nature of the person’s engagement. Perceived accessibility, the subjective mental state about one’s potential to engage, mediated the effectuation of motivations in actual engagement. COVID-19 contributed to CP by fulfilling functions for personal coping and increasing perceived accessibility. These theoretical developments inform policy and research agenda in understanding and leveraging CP.

Date: 2023-04-15
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